Arbitrary detention. psychological
and Physical abuse. Torture.

These are the forms of persecution inflicted on
individuals in oppressive countries because of their
race, religion, gender, nationality, or membership in a
particular social group.

With an emphasis on claims of religious persecution,
Pepperdine's Asylum and Refugee Law Clinic provides
critical assistance to indigent foreign-born individuals
who seek asylum in the United States because of
persecution.

The clinic offers second- and third-year law students
the opportunity to represent asylum seekers under the
supervision of experienced lawyers.

The Clinic Is Changing Lives

With your help, the Clinic can assist people like Gilda
Ghanipour, an Iranian-born woman who was abandoned by her
Muslim family after converting to Christianity.

After fearing for her life for decades, she has now been granted
asylum in the United States due to the efforts of the Clinic.

We need increased financial resources to expand the
work of the Clinic in order to serve the growing number
of underprivileged asylum seekers. Your gift will
help to change the lives of those escaping persecution
in their home countries.

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Pepperdine's School of Law provides a superior legal education that aligns personal values with areas of interest, such as dispute resolution, religion, public interest, criminal, and entertainment law.